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Help - picky 12 month old
Hello all, I have a wonderful 12 month old daughter. She is on milk
about 6oz with every meal and one at bedtime from a sippy cup. She was born in the 95 percentile and at her 12 month she was at the 97th for weight and off the chart for length. So, she's a big baby but the doctor says everything is ok. The problem is, she's becoming a picky eater at breakfast. She's not to fond of eggs, fresh toast or pancakes. She doesn't like to be spoon feed anymore and she's not good enough to feed herself oatmeal or cereal. She loves diced fruit and veggies but I wanted something else to go with these. Any sugguestions for breakfast items for self feeding? Thanks, Sunshine |
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Help - picky 12 month old
"Sunshine" wrote in message om... Hello all, I have a wonderful 12 month old daughter. She is on milk about 6oz with every meal and one at bedtime from a sippy cup. She was born in the 95 percentile and at her 12 month she was at the 97th for weight and off the chart for length. So, she's a big baby but the doctor says everything is ok. Personally, I would stop giving her milk at bedtime. Milk has a fair amount of natural sugars and can cause tooth decay issues. I'd go with water here. The problem is, she's becoming a picky eater at breakfast. She's not to fond of eggs, fresh toast or pancakes. She doesn't like to be spoon feed anymore and she's not good enough to feed herself oatmeal or cereal. She loves diced fruit and veggies but I wanted something else to go with these. Any sugguestions for breakfast items for self feeding? Thanks, Sunshine You don't mention her appetite during other meals, but one thing I've personally found is that if I give DS milk or juice with a meal, he fills up on that instead of his food. So we give only water at meals, and use milk and juice (if he gets juice) during his snacks--I don't worry about whether he's eating much during snack time, and he tends to focus much more on food at his meals that way. Other people have found that their kids fill up on drinks between meals and then won't eat, so you'll have to experiment with this. No one ever said that breakfast has to mean traditional breakfast foods. So if she'd enjoy something like cheese bits or beans or whole wheat pasta, go for it. Have you tried frozen waffles? DS doesn't like pancakes, but he'll eat these--some varieties come made with whole grains. We haven't had any worries regarding allergies, so DS often gets something with peanut butter in the morning--he likes it on those waffles. I've also cut a banana lengthwise and spread peanut butter on it and dotted it with raisins/dried cranberries. If you want to avoid nuts for a while still, you could try tahini instead. Dry cereals are easy finger foods--add a little milk and they might get a little messy, but can still be eaten with fingers. Other ideas: homemade granola bars bean burritos (DS loves these) cheese melted on a bagel mini pita-pockets filled with cream cheese, peanut butter, refried beans, etc fruit chunks in a little yogurt (again, messy, but do-able) -- Jodi SAHM to Oliver (2 years, 6 months) & Arwen (4 months) |
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Help - picky 12 month old
Sunshine wrote:
Hello all, I have a wonderful 12 month old daughter. She is on milk about 6oz with every meal and one at bedtime from a sippy cup. She was born in the 95 percentile and at her 12 month she was at the 97th for weight and off the chart for length. So, she's a big baby but the doctor says everything is ok. The problem is, she's becoming a picky eater at breakfast. She's not to fond of eggs, fresh toast or pancakes. She doesn't like to be spoon feed anymore and she's not good enough to feed herself oatmeal or cereal. She loves diced fruit and veggies but I wanted something else to go with these. Any sugguestions for breakfast items for self feeding? Remember that eating habits change frequently so she might not be all that hungry. In case she is and is just finicky you might try making the oatmeal or other hot cereal realy thick so she can pick up chunks. Also, if you give her a spoon you might be surprised how fast she learns to use it to get the food herself. Mine made a mess but were fairly decent at it by about 14 months is all. There are all sorts of dry cereal options. Yogurt is yummy. Different spreads like cream cheese, jelly, cin/sugar, honey, for the toast might spruce things up...we probably eat to many sweets ;-) Fruit which you say she already eats. Other then that you can use what ever she ate for supper last night. Who doesn't have the occasional cold slice of pizza for breakfast??, Lol -- Nikki Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2) |
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Help - picky 12 month old
i'd try giving less milk. i know it is sort of a chicken or the egg
scenario, but even if she goes a little hungry for one or two meals. we cut out the lunchtime bottle and sam's eating improved out of sight. (he is almost 1( "Sunshine" wrote in message om... Hello all, I have a wonderful 12 month old daughter. She is on milk about 6oz with every meal and one at bedtime from a sippy cup. She was born in the 95 percentile and at her 12 month she was at the 97th for weight and off the chart for length. So, she's a big baby but the doctor says everything is ok. The problem is, she's becoming a picky eater at breakfast. She's not to fond of eggs, fresh toast or pancakes. She doesn't like to be spoon feed anymore and she's not good enough to feed herself oatmeal or cereal. She loves diced fruit and veggies but I wanted something else to go with these. Any sugguestions for breakfast items for self feeding? Thanks, Sunshine |
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"hobbes" wrote in message ... "Sunshine" wrote in message om... Hello all, I have a wonderful 12 month old daughter. She is on milk about 6oz with every meal and one at bedtime from a sippy cup. She was born in the 95 percentile and at her 12 month she was at the 97th for weight and off the chart for length. So, she's a big baby but the doctor says everything is ok. Personally, I would stop giving her milk at bedtime. Milk has a fair amount of natural sugars and can cause tooth decay issues. I'd go with water here. If you clean her teeth after her milk before bed this shouldn't be a problem, I would have thought. This was our routine for about 13 years and I don't have a single filling in my teeth. The problem is, she's becoming a picky eater at breakfast. She's not to fond of eggs, fresh toast or pancakes. She doesn't like to be spoon feed anymore and she's not good enough to feed herself oatmeal or cereal. She loves diced fruit and veggies but I wanted something else to go with these. Any sugguestions for breakfast items for self feeding? Thanks, Sunshine You don't mention her appetite during other meals, but one thing I've personally found is that if I give DS milk or juice with a meal, he fills up on that instead of his food. So we give only water at meals, and use milk and juice (if he gets juice) during his snacks--I don't worry about whether he's eating much during snack time, and he tends to focus much more on food at his meals that way. Other people have found that their kids fill up on drinks between meals and then won't eat, so you'll have to experiment with this. No one ever said that breakfast has to mean traditional breakfast foods. So if she'd enjoy something like cheese bits or beans or whole wheat pasta, g o for it. Have you tried frozen waffles? DS doesn't like pancakes, but he'll eat these--some varieties come made with whole grains. We haven't had any worries regarding allergies, so DS often gets something with peanut butter in the morning--he likes it on those waffles. I've also cut a banana lengthwise and spread peanut butter on it and dotted it with raisins/dried cranberries. If you want to avoid nuts for a while still, you could try tahini instead. Dry cereals are easy finger foods--add a little milk and they might get a little messy, but can still be eaten with fingers. Other ideas: homemade granola bars bean burritos (DS loves these) cheese melted on a bagel mini pita-pockets filled with cream cheese, peanut butter, refried beans, etc fruit chunks in a little yogurt (again, messy, but do-able) -- Jodi SAHM to Oliver (2 years, 6 months) & Arwen (4 months) |
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Help - picky 12 month old
"Sunshine" wrote in message om... Hello all, I have a wonderful 12 month old daughter. She is on milk about 6oz with every meal and one at bedtime from a sippy cup. She was born in the 95 percentile and at her 12 month she was at the 97th for weight and off the chart for length. So, she's a big baby but the doctor says everything is ok. The problem is, she's becoming a picky eater at breakfast. She's not to fond of eggs, fresh toast or pancakes. She doesn't like to be spoon feed anymore and she's not good enough to feed herself oatmeal or cereal. She loves diced fruit and veggies but I wanted something else to go with these. Any sugguestions for breakfast items for self feeding? Thanks, Sunshine Toast, toast and more toast was the staple breakfast for my little man at that age. You can put all sorts of stuff on it, cream cheese, jam, butter, peanut butter, marmite, you name it. |
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